A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.

High Sierra

1941

English

7.5

♡ 17

92%

Raoul Walsh Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Bob - Tourist at Robbery

Barton MacLane as Jake Kranmer

Cornel Wilde as Louis Mendoza

Ida Lupino as Marie

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

Horror Island

1941

English

5.9

♡ 3

42%

George Waggner Director

Iris Adrian as Arleen Grady

Walter Catlett as Sergeant McGoon

Leo Carrillo as Tobias Clump

Robert Barron as Wreck Spectator

A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.

Dumbo

1941

English

7.2

♡ 92

95%

Wilfred Jackson Director

Eddie Holden as Clown

James Baskett as Crow

Sterling Holloway as Mr. Stork

Verna Felton as The Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

The Lady Eve

1941

English

7.7

♡ 12

99%

Preston Sturges Director

Melville Cooper as Gerald

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Gayne Whitman as Party Guest

Brenda Marshall as Passenger on ship

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Meet John Doe

1941

English

7.6

♡ 20

92%

Frank Capra Director

Irving Bacon as Beany

Regis Toomey as Bert

Forrester Harvey as Bum

Gene Lockhart as Mayor Lovett

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

How Green Was My Valley

1941

English

7.7

♡ 18

93%

81%

Action

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

Maureen O'Hara as Angharad

Barry Fitzgerald as Cyfartha

Mary Field as Eve

Louis Jean Heydt as Miner

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.

Who Killed Santa Claus?

1941

French

7.2

♡ 4

Christian-Jaque Director

Renée Faure as Catherine Cornusse

Jean Parédès as Kappel, - le sacristain

Daniele Clariond Tappou as La petite fille dans la boutique

Bernard Blier as Le brigadier de gendarmerie

A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas).

Early to Bed

1941

English

7.0

♡ 12

88%

Jack King Director

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Donald has to get up early, but everything seems to be working to keep him awake. His loudly ticking alarm clock resists several attempts to quiet it. Donald ultimately swallows it; the glow-in-the-dark dial can be seen through his feathers. Then his folding bed folds up on him. Springs start popping out of it; Donald builds an elaborate framework to hold it down. Finally, enough of the clock reassembles itself to sound the alarm and night is over.

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

English

7.2

♡ 13

71%

Raoul Walsh Director

Regis Toomey as Fitzhugh Lee

William Hopper as Lt. Frazier

Walter Baldwin as Settler

Irving Bacon as Uniform Salesman

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

English

7.5

♡ 5

100%

Alexander Hall Director

Evelyn Keyes as Bette Logan

Ken Christy as Chuck - Plainclothesman

Robert Montgomery as Joe Pendleton

Donald MacBride as Police Inspector Williams

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Ball of Fire

1941

English

7.7

♡ 13

100%

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as District Attorney

Dan Duryea as Duke Pastrami

Ethelreda Leopold as Nursemaid at Park

Oskar Homolka as Prof. Gurkakoff

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

King of the Zombies

1941

English

5.2

♡ 8

41%

Jean Yarbrough Director

Patricia Stacey as Alyce Sangre

John Archer as Bill Summers

Dick Purcell as James McCarthy

Elias English as Zombie

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.

Citizen Kane

1941

English

8.2

♡ 150

99%

Orson Welles Director

Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane

Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein

Paul Stewart as Raymond

Arthur O'Connell as Reporter

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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Early to Bed

They Died with Their Boots On

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Ball of Fire

King of the Zombies

Citizen Kane